ST. LOUIS — The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has opened its new, $1.7 billion campus in St. Louis. The development will serve as the new campus for the NGA, which is relocating from its existing facility in downtown St. Louis.
Situated on a 9-acre heart in the St. Louis Place neighborhood, the N2W campus features a 700,000-square-foot office building, two multi-level parking garages, a secure visitor center, delivery inspection facility and multiple secured access points.
McCarthy HITT, a joint venture led by McCarthy Building Cos., partnered with the NGA to deliver the project. McCarthy HIIT also includes HITT Contracting, Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp., Gensler and Akima LLC. A joint venture between Black & Veatch and Gensler also served as the architect-engineer of record for the development.
The decision to build the new headquarters was announced in 2016, and major construction began in early 2020. According to McCarthy HIIT, N2W marks the largest federal investment in the history of St. Louis.
NGA, which has maintained a significant presence in the city for seven decades, currently employs more than 3,000 local workers.
— Hayden Spiess